Bionic Weapon wrote...
*slaps forehead*
Shepard DID say that to TIM didn't he/she? Now it's even worse.
Why didn't Shepard repeat that same logic to the catayst? Tell him that he or anyone lese in humaity or any species is not ready for that.
Even better why was Control an option at all? If these Reapers were his solution and this happened every 50,000, and Shepard did decide to use this option. He'd just send them back to Dark Space and cut them off. So therefore this solution would be rendered poitless if there wasn't a solution to use.
The catalyst gave power to a person who would not only NOT repeat this pattern but get rid it all together. The cycle is broken and his soultion is dead. If i were in control and knew Shepard, I'd do everything in my power to not even give him a hint of victory.
Ok sure the catalyst said no human made it that far, but it would make more sense if he said after that "and this is as close as you'll come" before trying to kill Shep.
To that I say "Catalyst what the hell are you doing"?
You had Shepard at your mercy and now you want to pass the throne to him/her? That's... well thats stupid.
That's exactly it. The choices were implemented with no real purpose other than to give us the illusion of choice. Shepard is how we make him/her, but also has his own personality. There are some things that Bioware doesn't let us decide. The fact that Control was never an option for Shepard was well stated throughout the entire game.
He also throughout the game, and especially the end, says that freedom and individuality is what makes organics great. So let's look at that.
Control- Shepard goes entirely against what he's been saying the whole game, controlling the Reapers is too much power for any single person or race. Therefore is not an option.
Synthesis- 30 seconds before choosing, and throughout the whole series, Shepard says that freedom, choice, and individuality is what it means to be organic. Choosing synthesis takes those away from everyone in the Galaxy. It goes against what Shepard has stood for throughout the 3 games. Therefore it is not an option.
Destroy- Shepards main goal is to destroy the Reapers, it is his purpose throughout all 3 games. It IS the ONLY OPTION.
When they made Synthesis and Control as options, they completely disregarded everything they wrote up until that point, simply for the sake of having A, B, C endings. So what does this mean? It means that whoever wrote the ending, lost sight of what this story was about, for the sake of "Speculation."